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Chapter 8, Problem 17E

For many years after they were discovered, it was believed that the noble gases could not form compounds.

Now we know that belief to be incorrect. A mixture of xenon and fluorine gases, confined in a quartz bulb and placed on a windowsill, is found to slowly produce a white solid. Analysis of the compound indicates that it contains 77.55% Xe and 22.45% F by mass.

(a) What is the formula of the compound?

(b) Write a Lewis structure for the compound.

(d) What hybridization is consistent with the shape you predicted?

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